[LinuxBIOS] [RFC] Call for Action: LinuxBIOS foundations

[Corey Osgood]

Joseph Smith wrote:
> Quoting Corey Osgood <corey.osgood at gmail.com>:
>   
>> But I don't really see why there's a concern about Tivoization,  
>> perhaps I'm just ignorant of how it could be implemented.
>>
>>     
> Yeh, maybe I'm ignorant also?? What do you mean by Tivoization??  
> LinuxBios on set-top-boxes?? Hardware hacking?? Fill me in....
>
> Thanks - Joe
>   

Open source software on hardware that requires a certain digital 
signature in software, so that it won't run if the software has been 
modified. I suppose linuxbios could be used for tivoization of the 
payload, perhaps easier than a normal bios, but in that case couldn't 
linuxbios just be rebuilt to not include the signature checks?

-Corey